Detectives search for phony fire extinguisher technician

SAN BERNARDINO -- San Bernardino Police investigators are searching for a man they say is preying on business owners by posing as a fire extinguisher service technician. The man has been identified as 52-year-old Parviz Alemansoor, of San Bernardino.

Officials believe he is responsible for nearly a dozen fire extinguisher thefts in both San Bernardino and Riverside counties since May, according to a police press release.

Alemansoor reportedly enters a business and identifies himself as a service technician for a local fire extinguisher service company. He reportedly then removes all of the fire extinguishers without servicing or returning them.

He has been seen driving a 1999 blue Ford Taurus with a California license plate number of 5EIS075.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Sergeant Travis Walker or Detective Devin Peck at 909-384-5615, or call 911.